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Originally Posted by Rhodes
Before seeing The Departed, see Infernal Affairs, the original film.
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Rhodes, if you liked "Internal Affairs", you've gotta see "
Prince Of The City". It far surpasses "Serpico" in realistically portraying police. BTW, both movies were directed by Sidney Lumet.
Trivia:
- The character of Daniel Ciello is based on real-life NYPD Narcotics Detective Robert Leuci. Leuci's testimony helped indict 52 corrupt detectives. After he quit the job, Leuci turned novelist and wrote the gritty police dramas
Snitch, Odessa Beach and Captain Butterfly.
- Sidney Lumet agreed to direct under two conditions: he wanted an unknown actor to play Leuci and he wanted the running time to be at least three hours long. Treat Williams was unknown at the time but the final cut was edited down to 2 hours and 47 minutes.
- Lumet wanted to direct the film because he felt it would be a more accurate portrayal of police than Serpico (1973). The lead role was originally offered to Al Pacino, who declined, feeling it was too similar to the character he'd played previously in Sidney Lumet's Serpico (1973).
From:
http://filmretrospect.blogspot.com/2...e-of-city.html
More Trivia: Interestingly, one of the prosecutors who befriended the Ciello character and is shown in a very positive light was based on then rookie federal prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani. The character, Mario Vincente, played by Steve Inwood, is portrayed as threatening to resign if the U.S. Attorney's office indicts Ciello (Leuci) for past transgressions.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_the_City